Mark Martin, driver of the No. 5 CARQUEST/Kellogg's Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. Martin, with four wins this season, is within one victory of matching Harry Gant's 1991 season record for a driver age 50 or older.Credit: John Harrelson/Getty ImagesIn front of 70,000, Mark Martin and his No. 5 CARQUEST/Kellogg's Chevrolet won the LifeLock.com 400, his 39th victory in 741 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his fourth victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2009, and his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in nine races at Chicagoland Speedway. He is within one victory of matching Harry Gant's 1991 season record for a driver age 50 or older.
Grabbing second, 4-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon and his No. 24 DuPont/National Guard Patriot Academy Chevrolet posted his sixth top-10 finish in nine races at Chicagoland Speedway. It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2009.
Kasey Kahne rolled into a third place finish in his No. 9 Budweiser Dodge to post his first top-10 finish in six races at Chicagoland Speedway.
Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, and current points leader Tony Stewart nailed his 7th top five finish at Chicago in nine tries by finishing fourth.
Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five and gave Toyota their best effort on the night. Ford's best result came from Carl Edwards way back in 14th.
Joey Logano (18th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Tony Stewart leads the point standings by 175 points over Jeff Gordon. Read more... (33562 bytes more) Hot News! Latest Road Test · Road Test: 2009 Chrysler Town & Country Touring and Dodge Grand Caravan (Jun 30, 2009)
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